SpringOne 2GX 2011

Chicago, October 25-28, 2011

Dave Klein

Author of 'Grails: A Quick-Start Guide'

Dave is a consultant helping organizations of all sizes to develop applications more quickly (and have more fun doing it) with Grails. Dave has been involved in enterprise software development for the past 15 years. He has worked as a developer, architect, project manager, mentor and trainer. Dave has presented at user groups and national conferences. He is also the founder of the Capital Java User Group in Madison, Wisconsin, the Gateway Groovy Users in St. Louis, MO, and the author of Grails: A Quick-Start Guide, published by the Pragmatic Programmers. . Dave's Groovy and Grails related thoughts can be found at http://dave-klein.blogspot.com



Blog

CocoaConf, And My Anniversary

Posted 2011-07-19 10:17:40.0

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Groovy / Grails User Groups

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JavaOne Has Been Replaced

Posted 2010-10-27 08:26:56.0

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Move On In Peace

Posted 2010-10-09 13:32:05.0

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?berConf - Exceeding Expectations

Posted 2010-06-15 12:47:23.0

ÜberConf kicked off yesterday with the pre-conference iPhone/iPad workshop. The workshop was completely full, with just over 90 people. The view from the front of the room was pretty impressive -- all those glowing applemore »

Recording of Grails / Terracotta webinar

Posted 2010-05-12 05:47:44.0

In case you missed it and in case you're interested, Terracotta has posted a recording of the webinar that Mike Allen and I held a couple weeks ago. You can catch it in all of its glory (or lack thereof :) at http://bit.ly/scaling_grailsmore »
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Presentations

Grails Quick-Start

You've heard about how easy it is to build web apps with Grails. Maybe you've even seen the simple CRUD app in a blink of an eye, but do you want to see what Grails is really capable of? Then join us as we walk through the construction of a real web appmore »

Not Your Father's Custom Tags

One of the most compelling features of Grails is it's custom tag libraries. Yet many developers, especially those coming from a JSP or JSF background, run from the room screaming when someone suggests creating a custom tag. Grails custom tag libraries aremore »

Grails Deep Dive

You've heard about how easy it is to build web apps with Grails. Maybe you've even seen the simple CRUD app in a blink of an eye, but do you want to see what Grails is really capable of? Then join us as we walk through the construction of a real web applimore »

Grails: Bringing Radical Productivity to the JVM Part I

The goal of this hands-on tutorial is to get started and get productive with Grails. We’ll do this by jumping right in and building an application, from design to deployment.more »

Grails: Bringing Radical Productivity to the JVM Part II

In Part II of this session, we will continue the build out process with the Grails application.more »

Grails Hands-On Workshop

The goal of this tutorial is to get started and get productive with Grails. We’ll do this by jumping right in and building an application, from design to deployment.more »

GORM: Object Persistence Done Right

Grails object relational mapping (GORM) is one of the most powerful features of the Grails framework. Project bootstrapping and CRUD scaffolding are nice things to get you started, but GORM continues to pay off throughout the development of an applicatimore »

Books

by Dave Klein

Grails: A Quick-Start Guide Buy from Amazon
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  • Grails is a full stack web development framework that enables you to build complete web applications in a fraction of the time and with less code than other frameworks.

    In Grails: A Quick-Start Guide, you'll see how to use Grails by iteratively building an unique, working application. By the time we're done, you'll have built and deployed a real, functioning website.

    Along the way, we'll learn about domain classes, controllers, and GSP views. We'll see how Grails allows us to use powerful frameworks like Spring and Hibernate without even knowing it.

    Using this hands-on, pragmatic approach, we'll explore topics such as AJAX in Grails, custom tags, and plugins. We'll dig into Grails' powerful view technology, Groovy Server Pages, and see how we can easily leverage the help given to us by scaffolding to create custom user interfaces faster than you would have thought possible.

    With Grails, you can get a lot done with little effort. With this book, you'll get a lot done as well. It's time to bring the fun back into web programming. Get started with Grails today.